New dashcam footage shows the shocking moment a gunman with an AK-47 walked up to a patrol car and opened fire on the cops after a high speed chase.
Pier Shelton, 28, was killed after shooting and injuring the three officers in the early hours of Monday morning on an empty street in Carroll County, Georgia.
The incident began after police attempted to pull over a speeding car, which then set off a high speed chase with a suspect shooting at the officers from the passenger side window.
When the car crashed near a school, Shelton, armed with the AK-47, walked up to the patrol car and started shooting.
Dash cam video captured the moment Shelton appears and fires at least three rounds at point-blank range at the car.
One of the gunshots hit Carroll County Sheriff’s Deputy Jay Repetto in the arm, injuring him, while another disabled the patrol vehicle.
Multiple gunshots can then be heard before the video comes to an end, with two deputies firing upon Pier.
Shelton was killed during the incident, while his cousin, Aaron Shelton, 22, who had also been in the car, was arrested and charged with five counts of aggravated assault and three counts of aggravated battery.
Aaron Shelton is being held without bond.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigations did not identify which of the Birmingham, Alabama natives was the shooter in the video, but WJCL reports the shooter was Pier, who was quickly killed.
The incident began around 3:34am on Monday, when a Georgia State Patrol trooper caught a 2015 Nissan Sentra driving 111mph down Interstate 20.
The driver stopped when a traffic stop was initiated, but proceeded to speed off when officers approached.
According to the GBI, the trooper was able to do a ‘precision immobilizing technique’ – where the officer slams their front bumper into the back bumper of a vehicle to force it off the road.
But the attempt was unsuccessful.
When the trooper attempted a second maneuver, the passenger of the Nissan Sentra began firing at the car.
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, Carrollton Police Department, and Villa Rica Police Department all joined the pursuit at that point.
The passenger continued firing at the police, hitting Carrollton Police Department Sergeant Rob Holloway, who ultimately crashed his car into a utility pole.
The Nissan Sentra eventually crashed near Ithica Elementary School, which is when Shelton began shooting.
